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"Jane Eyre" is not spunky. She was so played, your

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In Reply to: RE: Are you sure? Tin, truly ... posted by Harmonia on April 25, 2011 at 08:26:33

exasperation aside.
Both are homely brunettes, interchangeable, as portrayed and presented.
Spunky is the Hollywood-style with young women parts. No depth, just attitude. Mia is on screen for several hours and does nothing to distinguish herself. It is a singularly flat performance, one note. Dull portrayal, dull appearance.
We disagree, so what? I don't think either actress is very interesting. But I think fine acting is rare, indeed.
No reason to get excited, the thief he kindly spoke...

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Piffle... - Harmonia 11:49:25 04/25/11 (2)
We shall never agree on this...the depth is there in the performance, even if you can't ddetect it. Invisible to you doesn't mean it's invisible to others.

Hailee is outstanding in True Grit, Mia is excellent in Jane Eyre, and neither, IMO at least, are homely brunettes.

I'm not alone here.

Here's praise from Andrew O'Hehir's favorable review in Salon:

"Mia Wasikowska's performance as the ultimate Gothic-novel heroine should propel this remarkable 21-year-old Australian to another level entirely. In my recent conversation with Fassbender, he compared Wasikowska to a young Meryl Streep, and now I see it. Jane must be alternately ferocious and vulnerable, modest in manner yet enormous in spirit, and utterly unwilling to compromise her moral code. She has to embody all the story's contradictory themes -- the idea, for instance, that women are the stronger sex, and strongest of all because their destinies are limited and they must so often be subservient -- without ever saying so, and Wasikowska does this in almost miraculous fashion."

Complete review at the link.
- A Passionate, New Jane Eyre (Open in New Window)
- Yes, and I remember when Matthew McConnaughey was touted as the new Newman. nt - tinear 07:45:21 04/26/11 (1)
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  - I say again... - Harmonia 17:09:06 04/26/11 (0)
    ...pifle.
    
    He's appealing in a paler way that Newman was devastatingly attractive. No where near the chops, but he has his uses...he's a very entretaining sleazebag lawyer in The Lincoln Lawyer. But no one is confusing him with Newman.
    
    And no one is saying Mia is the next great thing. Just plenty of viewers and critics disagree with your assessment of her performance in JE.

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